The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-15
seriously injured. A dispatch from re.
porter at 1860 A. NJ. states that twenty.
three persons are lying dead at Roslin-

| pOItcA nv lV.cu A. Ms bthttb IIlht twenty
three persons are lying dead at Roslin
dale. @ "r.
Tho accident is attributed 10 several
causes, but It is now ststed-that 1t wa
caused by truck under one OF the car
becoming detached and striking agains
the abu,ment Of the bridge.
George Sanford, OF Roslindale, was In tht
second car Of the wrecked train. lie tell
a thrilling story OF his experience. HI
said: u took the train at Roslindale with
my mother. We were sitting In tho mid
die OF the Becond car. There was abso.
lutely nothing to give premonition Of The
disaster. All at once there was crash, 9
deafening noise, moment or two OF the
grinding OF timbers and then for mo-
ment all was still.
1t had come with such awful sudden.
ness that every body seemed to be para.
lyzed. Directly in front OF us sat a man
named Ryan, one OF my neighbors in Ros.
lindale. We were conversing with him
at the moment of the crash. RYAN was
half turned In his seat as he talked. and
the moment after the crash when saw
him again he was actually run through
and through by splinters from the bottom
ol the car. The sight among the debris
in the roadway was horrible. There were
many people dead, pinned down by tim.
bers, and many wounded. The train was
running at a great speed but had elowed
some as It neared the junction at Forest
Hill. The quickness with which the
crash came was remarkable. It came in
an instant, like flash Of lightning"
LIST OF TRE CASUALTIES.
The revised list Of deaths, 80 far as as.
certained, ia as follows:
LIZZIE WALTON, aged II years, OF D Dedhsm.
MYRoN TlLDEN, conductor.
LIZZIE VAUDEVILLE, OF Dadham.
NJ. LAYLoR, policeman OF Station IS,
Mis-. ELLIS, OF West Roxbury.
IDA ADAMS, aged IL years. Of West Ros-
lndale.
ELLIS BURNETT, aged 20 years, Of Roslin.
dale.
EDWARD MORRIS, OF Dsdham. aM"
GEO. METcALF, apothecary, OF Boaton.
Mrs. CARDINAL, Of Roslindale.
CHARLES Snow, Of West Roxbury, "a
STEPHEN HoUGHroN, aged 80 years, OF
Roslindale.j
W. WEBSTER CLArr, Of West Rozbury.
WILLIAM +. Snow. OF West Roxtury.
Mrs. NENNARD, OF West Roxbury.
FRANK NICHOLS, OF Dedham. 'g. ~
Il. HUMPHREY, Of Dedham,
Among the wounded are tho following
names: "'Nr@". Uu.s
JOINS Fl. DRAyroN, Of Dedham, right arm
fractured. .1..
EDWARD COOPER, Of Dedham, internal in
juries.
WEBSTER DRAKE, assistant conductor, of
Dedham, seriously injured.
u. 9. +. DRAKE, slightly injured.
y. 5. HAMMOND, OF Dedham, right arm
fractured.
WILLIAM JORDAN, OF Roslindale.
all of the above named were taken to
the hospital. Tho following were also in
jured: - -
W. II. SMITH, brakeman, badly hurt.
r spAASo, barber, Of Weat Roxbury.
WM: kREEKLEs, OF West Ro1bury. ..
J. Q. CLEARNEY, Of Roslindale. ~
GEORGE WALDRoN, Of Roslindale.
- HAWKINS, OF Roslindale.
= PACKARD, of Roslindalc, hand in.
1lr6Q. 1. .I ~
CIAlEs MAY and HARRY GAY, mortally
injured.
7. BOWMAN, of Dedham, hip and back in
jured.
FRASK YoUSG, OF West Roxbury.
MM. HuDsoE,of West Roxbury. - -
WM. HAWKINS, OF West Roxbury. -t}s
The latest computation shows "a total OF
twenty.three killed and fifty injured. q: q